Herman Cain Officially Running for President

Former CEO of Godfather's Pizza Herman Cain visits with Wendi Fredregill of West Des Moines, Iowa during the Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition's Spring Event at Point of Grace Church in Waukee, Iowa March 7, 2011. Cain announced his bid for the presidency on Saturday, May 21, 2011.

Notably, however, Cain has the highest positive intensity score (24) among all official and potential GOP candidates.

In his announcement video, Cain presented himself as a man who can relate to the rest of the American people and as a man of faith.

"Today, I am announcing that I am running for President of the United States of America. America craves for real solutions to the problems we face. That's why I'm running for president."

"It won't be easy but we can turn this country around. There is no greater force on earth than the united will of the American people. The sleeping giant, we the people, have awakened."

Providing a brief look into who he is, Cain, who is African American, said in the video that his father worked three jobs to put food on the table while his mother was a domestic worker. His father was eventually able to buy his own home and see his two sons graduate from college.

"That was his American dream," he said.

Cain also mentioned that he was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer (of the liver and colon) and had only a 30 percent chance of surviving, at least according to what the doctors told him. Today, he is cancer free.

With images of his church in the video, Cain made his belief in God clear.

"If we believe in God, if we believe in ourselves and we believe in the United States of America then we can do great things," he said. "Let us remind the world that our rights do not come from a man nor a committee nor a tsar but from our Creator."

In an earlier interview with The Christian Post, Cain said his faith plays a big part in all the decisions he makes. He also said that he believes all the talents he has been given by God should be used for something truly significant.